Unsplash / Nik MacMillanAmericans overtook the Brits for the first time in 2017 to become the world's biggest buyers of French champagne.British purchases fell for the second year running since the vote to leave the European Union.Spending habits...

LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators from across the world start work this week on a blueprint for a global "sandbox" or testing bed for new financial technology applications, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Monday.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesBill Gates' new favorite book is "Enlightenment Now" by Steven Pinker.Pinker's book makes a case that rational thought and scientific inquiry are constantly improving the world.We're living in the safest era of human...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares were stuck on their worst run since November on Monday, as caution gripped traders in a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to raise U.S. interest rates and perhaps signal as many as three more hikes lie in store...

Maxim Shemetov/ReutersVladimir Putin now has a stronger hold on Russia — and stronger place in the world — thanks to an overwhelming mandate for yet another term as president.Relations between Russia and the West are already at their...

MELBOURNE, March 19 (Reuters) - London metals slipped on Monday on simmering unease that tensions between the world's top two economies could dent metals demand, while markets eyed this week's Federal Reserve meeting that could fuel fresh upward...

Antonio Villas-Boas/Business InsiderGoogle's Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL had the best smartphone cameras ever when they were released in October 2017. But Samsung's new Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus phones are contending for that title in a serious...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed overcapacity in world steel markets and agreed on Saturday to work on solutions within G20.The Merkel-Xi call came amid tensions between the U.S., Europe and China over U.S....

"Burnout" is back!10 years after "Burnout Paradise" demonstrated what a car game could be, the crash-filled racing series is back to show up everyone once again.In "Burnout Paradise Remastered," you get the same incredible open-world racing game...

Acceleration of lithium capacity expansion plans, lithium price outlook for 2018, and more were among the major topics discussed by the world's largest lithium producer's management on the Q4 earnings call.

Wikimedia commonsThe waters of the Earth's oceans have seen as much violence and conflict as its land.For centuries the only way to travel the world was to brave the high sea. Control over shipping routes was essential for the security of nations and...

By justifying sweeping tariffs on imported metals in the name of national security, President Trump has lobbed what could be a grenade into the global trading order. For decades that order has been underpinned by the World Trade Organization, whose...

Half of the countries in the world, such as Mexico, Costa Rica or Afghanistan, allow children to live in prison with their incarcerated mothers.Critics feel that this lessens the punishment for the inmate, and that it is an unsafe environment for a...

ibLE"Invisible PA" company ibLE offers pay-as-you-go remote PAs at £35 an hour.The PAs are paid around £45,000 a year and can work from anywhere in the world.Co-founder Emma Hatto told Business Insider it's a "lucrative" career —...